Directors' Dealings

Brown (N.) Group PLC
25 February 2000

The company was informed on 24 February 2000 that, as a result of the sale on
24 February 2000 of 2,099 shares of the company by the N. Brown Group Plc No.2
Employee Share Ownership Trust ('the No.2 Trust') to a group employee on the
exercise of a long term incentive share plan award, the number of shares held
by the No. 2 Trust, in which Mr Jim Martin (Chief Executive) and Mr Tim
Kowalski (Finance Director) together with other employees within the group,
are technically interested as potential beneficiaries, has reduced to 
431,386 shares.

The total consideration received for the sale referred to above was £1.